“Enoch the great grandfather of Noah, who had that surname (Edris) from his great knowledge, for he was favoured with no less than thirty books of divine revelations, and was the first who wrote with a pen, and studied the sciences of astronomy and arithmetic.” This quotation is an approved Muhammedan commentary upon the following reference to Enoch in the Koran: ”And remember Edris in the same book; for he was a just person and a prophet, and we exalted him to a high place.” Sura XIX, Mary.
I Corinthians 2: 6-7
We speak wisdom among the initiated, not the wisdom of this age (but of the life-giving Force), nor of the archons of this age who pass away (but of the archons of the life-giving Force who do not pass away), but we speak the Wisdom of God in a secret made known to the initiated, the wisdom kept secret, which God ordained before the ages for (the upbuilding of) our spiritual body. I Corinthians, ii,, 6, 7
‘Eo(j)iav Se XaXovfisv ev toTq rskelotg, We speak wisdom among the initiated.
Numbers of Pythagoras
A Greek Initiate of the sixth century B.C., known as the Son of Apollo the Sun God, or Son of the Sun, and the first to take the name of Philosopher, lover of Wisdom, Pythagoras publicly recognized the power of woman to achieve Initiation by associating his wife Theano with him in the teaching of a brotherhood which he founded at Crotona, and by entrusting the conduct of this work to her at his death. Continue reading “Numbers of Pythagoras”
The Harmony of the Spheres
Throughout the universe there vibrates a resonant tone known to Occultists as the Bindery Note. When man, by discipline of the mind, is able to shut off all sense perception, he becomes conscious of an ever vibrating rhythmic throb or pulsation which manifests as a distinct and audible sound. As the earth and planets have each their own note or sound vibration, this pulse of the universe creates a respondent chord from the spheres. When the different planets approach the earth their respective notes are apparent to the consciousness of the Adept as distinct tones predominant in the; Harmony of the World.